Feb 06, 2003

EDC on post-9/11 leadership

Former Ohio governor Richard Celeste, who chairs a Homeland Security committee, will speak on national leadership in the post-9/11 world at an afternoon event scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 26. The Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County event will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m., followed by a reception, at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Seattle. Celeste's talk is called "Rising to the Occasion: Leadership and Vision in Challenging Times." Celeste also served as U.S. ambassador to India and director of the Peace Corps. He's now president of Colorado College and co-chair with former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean of the non-profit Century Institute's Homeland Security Project coordinating committee. The committee's goals are to evaluate the soundness of new and proposed security measures. For information, call the EDC at (206) 389-8654.

Real Estate Research Committee

Economists Doug Pedersen and John Kilpatrick joined the Central Puget Sound Real Estate Research Committee, a non-profit group that puts out a twice-yearly report on residential and commercial real estate. Committee members each contribute their expertise to portions of the report. Pedersen is a partner in Conway Pedersen Economics. Kilpatrick is managing partner of Mundy Associates and will edit the report.

Fisher Properties

Hanson

Bonnie Hanson joined Fisher Properties as project manager at Fisher Plaza near Seattle Center. Hanson has seven years of experience as a general contractor in managing large commercial construction projects. Her experience includes shell and core construction and tenant improvement projects, and covers retail, data centers, co-location facilities, biotech, hotels, banking and class A office space.

Windermere

Growth of the Windermere Professional Partners residential sales office in Tacoma led co-owners Jeff Jensen and Michael Robinson to buy larger offices. The two teamed with the Rush, Hannula, Harkins & Kyler law firm to buy the former Bratrud Middleton Insurance building at 4701 S. 19th St. and will move the office's 27 employees from Fircrest in March. Since its formation in November 2001, the agency has grown from two to 21 agents and six support staff.

Cindy Hart and Bradley Luton became sales associates in Windermere Real Estate's Magnolia office. Hart was previously with Open Adoption-Family Services in Seattle. She holds a master's degree in social work. Luton was previously a pharmacist. Ryan Daoedsjah switched to sales agent in the firm's Eastlake office, where he worked the past two years as Internet coordinator and ad coordinator. TallyAnn Carroll joined Windermere's Lakeview office. Carroll came from Ewing & Clark.

John L. Scott

Darrin Stumpf became a sales agent in John L. Scott Real Estate's North Seattle office. Stumpf recently moved back to Seattle from California and has two years of real estate and project management experience.

Jan 30, 2003

bireM

A Vancouver, B.C., condominium marketing firm's work on Intracorp's The Vine in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood won praise from the National Association of Home Builders. Cliff Bowman's Builders International Real Estate Marketing Corp., which calls itself bireM, says the association gave bireM and Cedar Developments LLC four gold marketing awards, called Nationals. The awards were: Attached Community of the Year-Urban, Best Urban Sales Office, Best Overall Advertising Campaign and Marketing Director of the Year, which went to bireM's Dean Jones. The Vine totals 174 luxury, high-rise condos. bireM and Cedar Developments also received nine silver awards and 12 regional marketing awards for The Vine. Bowman, known as a master of selling sizzle, has cleaned up on the awards in the past few years.

Windermere

Nancy LaVallee is a sale associate in Windermere Real Estate's Mercer Island office. LaVallee previously worked as a technical writer for Infoseek in Bellevue. Jan Ajemian returned to Windermere's Queen Anne office after a two-year hiatus. Lisa Medearis joined the Queen Anne office from Re/MAX's Bellevue office, where she worked as a listing/marketing specialist.

Bellevue Square

Owner Kemper Freeman received a $165 million permanent loan on the Bellevue Square mall in downtown Bellevue arranged by commercial mortgage broker L.J. Melody & Co.'s Seattle office. CIGNA Investments Inc. lent the money to Bellevue Square Managers Inc., Melody said. Mike Makar and Jack Standeford of Melody arranged the deal.

Lorig Associates

Javete

Harold Javete, whose family owns the Saxe Floral garden shop in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood, has become a project manager for Lorig Associates, working on Lorig's conversion of the Saxe site into apartments and town homes. Javete also serves as a project manager on Lorig's Welch Apartments project in the Central District. Javete has 10 years of experience in business management, real estate development and sales. He ran Saxe Floral for four years. He holds a B.A. in finance from the University of Washington, where he completed the UW Extension's commercial real estate certificate program.

State historic preservation workshops

The state Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has scheduled a set of public workshops around the state to gather input on the next five years of preservation activities. "This plan will set statewide goals and priorities for preservationists," said Allyson Brooks, state historic preservation officer. Workshops will have an informal, open-house format. A written plan will come out in the fall. The schedule:

• Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art in Bellingham, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
  
• Thursday, Feb. 20, Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver –
  
• Thursday, Feb. 27, in a Spokane, location to be determined. –
  
• Tuesday, March 4, State Department of General Administration auditorium in Olympia. –
  
• Thursday, March 6, Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. –
  
• Tuesday, March 11, Richland Public Library.

For more information contact Greg Griffith at (360) 586-3073 or gregg@cted.wa.gov, or go to www.oahp.wa.gov.

Washington State Investment Board

Steven Draper was promoted to senior investment officer for real estate at the Washington State Investment Board. The board oversees the state pension fund, including investments in some significant local properties, such as the One and Two Union Square skyscrapers in downtown Seattle. Draper has worked as an investment officer in real estate for the board since 1997. He replaced Jeffrey Habersetzer, who has taken a private-sector job, starting a new office of Principal Enterprise Capital in the Puget Sound area.The board is looking to hire a new person for Draper's post.

EverTrust Financial Group

EverTrust Financial Group named Louis H. Mills to its board of directors. Mills is a former managing partner of Moss Adams. Mills will serve as a financial expert on the company's audit committee. EverTrust Financial Group operates EverTrust Bank in Seattle, Bellevue and Snohomish County; Commercial Mortgage Banking Group in Tacoma; and EverTrust Asset Management in Seattle.

Short Cressman Burgess

Roberta A. Farris joined Short Cressman Burgess as of counsel in the firm's environmental land use and natural resources group and the real estate practice group. She has previously served as a trustee for the Washington Forest Protection Association and was recently appointed to the board of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.

Washington State University

Associate Professor Harry J. Turtle is the new chair of the department of finance, insurance and real estate in Washington State University's College of Business and Economics. Turtle, a member of the WSU staff since 1997, formerly taught at the University of Manitoba. The previous chair, Professor Hal S. Kerr will return full-time to teaching and research.